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20 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 20 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
21 21
22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
23 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select
24 single words?
25 Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can
26 use the following resource:
27
28 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
29
30 If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more
31 and more.
32
33 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this
34 pattern:
35
36 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
37
38 Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination
39 also selects words like the old code.
40
41 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
42 change/disable it?
43 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
44 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps
45 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
46
47 If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
48 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the
49 section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For
50 example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify
51 this perl-ext-common resource:
52
53 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
54
55 This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
56 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
57 scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any
58 other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback
59 resource:
60
61 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
62
23 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? 63 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
24 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause 64 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause
25 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you 65 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you
26 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables 66 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables
27 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) 67 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS)
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56 96
57 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), 97 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k),
58 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like 98 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like
59 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or 99 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or
60 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after 100 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after
61 exit, plus half aminute of startup time, including the hundreds of 101 exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of
62 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*. 102 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*.
63 103
64 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? 104 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
65 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: 105 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is:
66 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a 106 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a
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109 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the 149 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
110 daemon. 150 daemon.
111 151
112 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 152 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
113 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 153 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
114 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. 154 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
115 Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please 155 unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug
116 download and install the genuine version 156 to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the
117 (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the 157 genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try
118 problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific 158 to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the
119 to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 159 problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should
120 Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). 160 be reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to
161 report the bug).
121 162
122 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 163 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
123 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's 164 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's
124 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for 165 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for
125 other users that might encounter the same issue. 166 other users that might encounter the same issue.
167
168 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
169 recommendation?
170 You should build one binary with the default options. configure now
171 enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
172 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling
173 them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl
174 interpreter should be enabled, as important functionality (menus,
175 selection, likely more in the future) depends on it.
176
177 You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext"
178 resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will
179 result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory,
180 add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file.
181 This will keep the perl interpreter disabled until the user enables
182 it.
183
184 If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
185 one with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with
186 "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot
187 of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely
188 used).
189
190 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this
191 safe?
192 It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to
193 properly install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
194
195 When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will
196 fork into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling
197 on some systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop
198 privileges immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals
199 that keep privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt,
200 as it contains things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful"
201 to attackers).
202
203 This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very
204 early and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before
205 main(), or things like the dynamic loader of your system, which
206 should result in very little risk.
126 207
127 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 208 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
128 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely 209 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
129 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same 210 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same
130 problem often arises). 211 problem often arises).
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518 599
519 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? 600 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
520 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest 601 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest
521 of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": 602 of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale":
522 603
523 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP 604 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
524 605
525 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and 606 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and
526 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not 607 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not
527 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, 608 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then,
528 as your input method limits you. 609 as your input method limits you.
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571 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. 652 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
572 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing 653 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
573 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. 654 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.
574 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise 655 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise
575 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt 656 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt
576 or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) 657 or Shift keys are depressed.
577 658
578 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 659 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
579 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using 660 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using
580 the standard foreground colour. 661 the standard foreground colour.
581 662
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667 748
668 # use Backspace = ^? 749 # use Backspace = ^?
669 $ stty erase ^? 750 $ stty erase ^?
670 $ rxvt 751 $ rxvt
671 752
672 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7). 753 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l".
673 754
674 For an existing rxvt-unicode: 755 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
675 756
676 # use Backspace = ^H 757 # use Backspace = ^H
677 $ stty erase ^H 758 $ stty erase ^H
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789 870
790RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE 871RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
791DESCRIPTION 872DESCRIPTION
792 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 873 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
793 rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences, 874 rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences,
794 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 875 followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
795 features selectable at "configure" time. 876 selectable at "configure" time.
796 877
797Definitions 878Definitions
798 "c" The literal character c. 879 "c" The literal character c.
799 880
800 "C" A single (required) character. 881 "C" A single (required) character.
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1169 1250
1170 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm 1251 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm
1171 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1252 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1172 l No mouse reporting. 1253 l No mouse reporting.
1173 1254
1174 "Ps = 10" (rxvt)
1175 h menuBar visible
1176 l menuBar invisible
1177
1178 "Ps = 25" 1255 "Ps = 25"
1179 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1256 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1180 l Invisible cursor {civis} 1257 l Invisible cursor {civis}
1181 1258
1182 "Ps = 30" 1259 "Ps = 30"
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1266 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1343 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1267 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1344 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1268 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1345 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1269 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1346 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1270 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1347 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1271 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1348 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1272 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1349 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1273 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1350 Ps = 20 Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1274 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1351 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1275 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1352 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1276 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1353 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1277 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n 1354 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n
1278 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1355 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1279 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1356 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1280 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1281 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1357 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1282 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1358 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1359 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1360 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1283 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1361 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1284 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1362 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1285 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1363 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1286 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1364 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1287 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1365 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1288 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1366 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1289 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl). 1367 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1290 1368
1291 1369
1292
1293menuBar
1294 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1295 use menuBar commands that add or remove a menuBar.
1296
1297 Note that in all of the commands, the */path/* *cannot* be omitted: use
1298 ./ to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1299
1300 Overview of menuBar operation
1301 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST", the syntax of
1302 "Pt" can be used for a variety of tasks:
1303
1304 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1305 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1306
1307 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1308 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1309
1310 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1311 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1312
1313 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1314 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the menuBars.
1315
1316 The first step is to use the tag [menu:*name*] which creates the menuBar
1317 called *name* and allows access. You may now or menus, subMenus, and
1318 menuItems. Finally, use the tag [done] to set the menuBar access as
1319 readonly to prevent accidental corruption of the menus. To re-access the
1320 current menuBar for alterations, use the tag [menu], make the
1321 alterations and then use [done]
1322
1323
1324
1325 Commands
1326 [menu:+*name*]
1327 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new
1328 menuBar is created, it is called *name* (max of 15 chars) and the
1329 current menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1330
1331 [menu]
1332 access the current menuBar for alteration
1333
1334 [title:+*string*]
1335 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the
1336 following format specifiers:
1337
1338 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1339 B<%v> rxvt version
1340 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1341
1342 [done]
1343 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*]
1344 operations.
1345
1346 [read:+*file*]
1347 read menu commands directly from *file* (extension ".menu" will be
1348 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with [menu] or
1349 [menu:+*name* and continuing until [done] is encountered.
1350
1351 Blank and comment lines (starting with #) are ignored. Actually,
1352 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything
1353 could be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up
1354 in the future ... so don't count on it!.
1355
1356 [read:+*file*;+*name*]
1357 The same as [read:+*file*], but start reading at a line with
1358 [menu:+*name*] and continuing until [done:+*name*] or [done] is
1359 encountered.
1360
1361 [dump]
1362 dump all menuBars to the file /tmp/rxvt-PID in a format suitable for
1363 later rereading.
1364
1365 [rm:name]
1366 remove the named menuBar
1367
1368 [rm] [rm:]
1369 remove the current menuBar
1370
1371 [rm*] [rm:*]
1372 remove all menuBars
1373
1374 [swap]
1375 swap the top two menuBars
1376
1377 [prev]
1378 access the previous menuBar
1379
1380 [next]
1381 access the next menuBar
1382
1383 [show]
1384 Enable display of the menuBar
1385
1386 [hide]
1387 Disable display of the menuBar
1388
1389 [pixmap:+*name*]
1390 [pixmap:+*name*;*scaling*]
1391 (set the background pixmap globally
1392
1393 A Future implementation *may* make this local to the menubar)
1394
1395 [:+*command*:]
1396 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a *command* to or a menu
1397 or menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick
1398 arrows from a menuBar.
1399
1400
1401
1402 Adding and accessing menus
1403 The following commands may also be + prefixed.
1404
1405 /+ access menuBar top level
1406
1407 ./+ access current menu level
1408
1409 ../+
1410 access parent menu (1 level up)
1411
1412 ../../
1413 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1414
1415 */path/*menu
1416 add/access menu
1417
1418 */path/*menu/*
1419 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1420
1421 */path/*{-}
1422 add separator
1423
1424 */path/*{item}
1425 add item as a label
1426
1427 */path/*{item} action
1428 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action*
1429
1430 */path/*{item}{right-text}
1431 add/alter *menuitem* with right-text as the right-justified text and
1432 as the associated *action*
1433
1434 */path/*{item}{rtext} action
1435 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action* and with rtext as
1436 the right-justified text.
1437
1438 Special characters in *action* must be backslash-escaped:
1439 \a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal
1440
1441 or in control-character notation:
1442 ^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?
1443
1444 To send a string starting with a NUL (^@) character to the program,
1445 start *action* with a pair of NUL characters (^@^@), the first of which
1446 will be stripped off and the balance directed to the program. Otherwise
1447 if *action* begins with NUL followed by non-+NUL characters, the leading
1448 NUL is stripped off and the balance is sent back to rxvt.
1449
1450 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, *action* may start
1451 with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if
1452 missed from M-x commands.
1453
1454 As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC ] sequences from a menubar (or
1455 quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed.
1456
1457 For example,
1458 M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r
1459
1460 and \E]703;mona;100 is equivalent to \E]703;mona;100\a
1461
1462 The option {*right-rtext*} will be right-justified. In the absence of a
1463 specified action, this text will be used as the *action* as well.
1464
1465 For example,
1466 /File/{Open}{^X^F} is equivalent to /File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F
1467
1468 The left label *is* necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1469 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1470 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1471 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1472
1473 For example,
1474 /File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action
1475
1476 or hiding it
1477 /File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action
1478
1479
1480
1481 Removing menus
1482 -/*+
1483 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as [clear]
1484
1485 -+*/path*menu+
1486 remove menu
1487
1488 -+*/path*{item}+
1489 remove item
1490
1491 -+*/path*{-}
1492 remove separator)
1493
1494 -/path/menu/*
1495 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1496
1497
1498
1499 Quick Arrows
1500 The menus also provide a hook for *quick arrows* to provide easier user
1501 access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to emulate
1502 the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1503 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1504 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1505 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1506
1507 <r>+*Right*
1508 <l>+*Left*
1509 <u>+*Up*
1510 <d>+*Down*
1511 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1512
1513 <b>+*Begin*
1514 <e>+*End*
1515 Define common beginning/end parts for *quick arrows* which used in
1516 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1517
1518 For example, define arrows individually,
1519 <u>\E[A
1520
1521 <d>\E[B
1522
1523 <r>\E[C
1524
1525 <l>\E[D
1526
1527 or all at once
1528 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1529
1530 or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1531 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1532
1533
1534
1535 Command Summary
1536 A short summary of the most *common* commands:
1537
1538 [menu:name]
1539 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1540
1541 [menu]
1542 use the current menuBar
1543
1544 [title:string]
1545 set menuBar title
1546
1547 [done]
1548 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1549
1550 [done:name]
1551 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1552
1553 [rm:name]
1554 remove named menuBar(s)
1555
1556 [rm] [rm:]
1557 remove current menuBar
1558
1559 [rm*] [rm:*]
1560 remove all menuBar(s)
1561
1562 [swap]
1563 swap top two menuBars
1564
1565 [prev]
1566 access the previous menuBar
1567
1568 [next]
1569 access the next menuBar
1570
1571 [show]
1572 map menuBar
1573
1574 [hide]
1575 unmap menuBar
1576
1577 [pixmap;file]
1578 [pixmap;file;scaling]
1579 set a background pixmap
1580
1581 [read:file]
1582 [read:file;name]
1583 read in a menu from a file
1584
1585 [dump]
1586 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1587
1588 / access menuBar top level
1589
1590 ./
1591 ../
1592 ../../
1593 access current or parent menu level
1594
1595 /path/menu
1596 add/access menu
1597
1598 /path/{-}
1599 add separator
1600
1601 /path/{item}{rtext} action
1602 add/alter menu item
1603
1604 -/* remove all menus from the menuBar
1605
1606 -/path/menu
1607 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1608
1609 -/path/menu
1610 remove menu
1611
1612 -/path/{item}
1613 remove item
1614
1615 -/path/{-}
1616 remove separator
1617
1618 <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1619 menu quick arrows
1620 1370
1621XPM 1371XPM
1622 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt" 1372 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt"
1623 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of 1373 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of
1624 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 1374 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
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1809 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 1559 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
1810 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set 1560 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
1811 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 1561 up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
1812 1562
1813 --enable-unicode3 (default: off) 1563 --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
1564 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
1565
1814 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 1566 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
1815 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements 1567 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
1816 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these 1568 per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
1817 extra characters, but Xft does. 1569 extra characters, but Xft does.
1818 1570
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1828 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 1580 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
1829 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 1581 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
1830 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1582 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1831 1583
1832 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 1584 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
1833 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode 1585 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will
1834 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
1835 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. 1586 be (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
1836 1587
1837 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 1588 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
1838 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. 1589 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
1839 1590
1840 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 1591 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
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1865 --enable-lastlog (default: on) 1616 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1866 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 1617 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1867 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 1618 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1868 also be specified. 1619 also be specified.
1869 1620
1870 --enable-xpm-background (default: off) 1621 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1871 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1622 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1872 1623
1873 --enable-transparency (default: off) 1624 --enable-transparency (default: on)
1874 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1625 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1875 transparency to the term. 1626 transparency to the term.
1876 1627
1877 --enable-fading (default: on) 1628 --enable-fading (default: on)
1878 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires 1629 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
1879 "--enable-transparency"). 1630 "--enable-transparency").
1880 1631
1881 --enable-tinting (default: on) 1632 --enable-tinting (default: on)
1882 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires 1633 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
1883 "--enable-transparency"). 1634 "--enable-transparency").
1884
1885 --enable-menubar (default: off)
1886 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1887 dynamic locale switching currently).
1888 1635
1889 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) 1636 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1890 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 1637 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1891 1638
1892 --enable-next-scroll (default: on) 1639 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
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1898 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) 1645 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1899 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 1646 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
1900 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many 1647 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
1901 years. 1648 years.
1902 1649
1903 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
1904 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1905 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1906
1907 --enable-ttygid (default: off) 1650 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
1908 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your 1651 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
1909 system uses this type of security. 1652 system uses this type of security.
1910 1653
1911 --disable-backspace-key 1654 --disable-backspace-key
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1916 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 1659 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
1917 it. 1660 it.
1918 1661
1919 --disable-resources 1662 --disable-resources
1920 Removes any support for resource checking. 1663 Removes any support for resource checking.
1921
1922 --enable-xgetdefault
1923 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1924 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1925 then ~/.Xresources.
1926
1927 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
1928 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
1929 might be very small, if nonexistant.
1930
1931 --enable-strings (default: off)
1932 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1933 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1934 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1935 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1936 systems).
1937 1664
1938 --disable-swapscreen 1665 --disable-swapscreen
1939 Remove support for secondary/swap screen. 1666 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1940 1667
1941 --enable-frills (default: on) 1668 --enable-frills (default: on)
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2003 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 1730 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
2004 1731
2005 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 1732 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2006 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 1733 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2007 1734
2008 --enable-perl (default: off) 1735 --enable-perl (default: on)
2009 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage 1736 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
2010 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in 1737 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
2011 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The 1738 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2012 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL" 1739 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
2013 environment variable when running configure. 1740 environment variable when running configure.

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